Unit 6: How We Organize Ourselves: How Technology Has Changed Us





Unit 6: Technology


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Watch the following video as many times as you need then answer the following questions...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOMiowrff0Y

What equipment is used?
How does it change?
Why does it change?
What does it look like in the beginning?
What happens during the video with the shapes?
How can you describe it to someone that is not watching it?
What vocabulary words should we put into our Science Notebooks?
What questions do you have for me?

CENTRAL IDEA: Technology has changed the world of work and leisure

TRANS-DISCIPLINARY THEME: An Inquiry into the interconnectedness of human-made systems and communities


An Inquiry Into:
  • what technology is
  • the historical circumstances that led to the development of some important inventions and their impacts
  • the technology and inventions of the home, workplace, and leisure activities of today
  • how inventors get their ideas

Teacher's Questions:
  • What is technology?
  • How do inventors get their ideas?
  • How could technology change the world?

Student Questions:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOMiowrff0Y